Nick Malgieri, former Executive Pastry Chef at Windows on the World, is a 1996 inductee into Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America. His latest book is a completely revised and updated edition of HOW TO BAKE (Dover Books, 2018) formerly published in 1995. He is also the author of NICK MALGIERI'S PASTRY: FOOLPROOF RECIPES FOR THE HOME COOK (Kyle Books, 2014), which followed on the heels of BREAD (Kyle Books, 2012) and BAKE! Essential Techniques for Perfect Baking (Kyle Books, 2010). He is also the author of The Modern Baker (DK Publishing, 2008), which was nominated for an IACP award; CHOCOLATE (HarperCollins, 1998), winner of an IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award for best baking book of 1998, voted Best Chocolate Book in the World by the 1998 Salon International du Livre Gourmand, and included in Food & Wine magazine’s Best of the Best for 1998; and HOW TO BAKE (HarperCollins, 1995), the recipient of a James Beard Foundation cookbook award for best baking book of 1995. His first book was Perfect Pastry (Macmillan, 1989) followed by Great Italian Desserts (Little, Brown, 1990), and Cookies Unlimited(HarperCollins, 2000), which was nominated for a James Beard Foundation cookbook award and was included in Food & Wine magazine’s Best of the Best for 2000. He is also the author of Perfect Cakes (HarperCollins, 2002), A Baker’s Tour (HarperCollins, 2005), which was nominated for a James Beard Foundation award and an IACP award, and Perfect Light Desserts (HarperCollins, 2006), coauthored with David Joachim. In 1998 and 1999, he was voted one of the ten best pastry chefs in America by Chocolatier and Pastry Art and Design magazines. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, he apprenticed in Switzerland and was subsequently employed at the Hotel de Paris and the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo and at the Reserve de Beaulieu in France. In New York he was Assistant Pastry Chef at the Waldorf Astoria; Executive Chef at Paine Webber, Inc.; and Pastry Chef at the Board Room, a private club. Malgieri began teaching in the New School Culinary Arts Program in 1979 and in 1981 became chairman of its Baking Department. He developed and taught the professional baking curriculum for the New York Restaurant School and authored the baking section of the Restaurant School’s textbook. A founder and owner of the Total Heaven Baking company, Malgieri has served as consultant to Inhilco, Inc. and restaurants and pastry shops throughout the United States. He has developed recipes for a variety of food producers, and for Food and Wines From France and A.I.D.I., the Italian Confectionery Industries Association. To Read more of his bio go to https://www.nickmalgieri.com/about

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